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Jun 18 2021
News
Centrists gain leverage over progressives in Senate infrastructure battle
Centrists have gained leverage in the Senate battle over an infrastructure package after 11 more senators backed a $974 billion infrastructure framework.
Twenty-one senators in all are supporting the proposal, which is much smaller than what the White House and liberals prefer. The group includes 11 Republicans, nine Democrats and an independent who caucuses with Democrats.
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Jun 11 2021
News
Will ‘BRAC for VA’ lead to veterans hospital closures or building more clinics?
The Defense Department’s past base closure rounds have proven complicated and contentious for lawmakers, especially in communities that lost military bases and the economic benefits that come with them.
Now, federal officials are about to see if a BRAC for the Department of Veterans Affairs will prove just as controversial.
VA officials later this month are expected to name the
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Oct 04 2021
News
Pandora Papers: A simple guide to the Pandora Papers leak
The Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents that reveals hidden wealth, tax avoidance and, in some cases, money laundering by some of the world's rich and powerful.
More than 600 journalists in 117 countries have been trawling through the files from 14 sources for months, finding stories that are being published this week.
The data was obtained by the
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Feb 19 2019
News
16 States Sue to Stop Trump’s Use of Emergency Powers to Build Border Wall
A coalition of 16 states, including California and New York, on Monday challenged President Trump in court over his plan to use emergency powers to spend billions of dollars on his border wall.
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May 18 2020
News
FBI finds al Qaeda link after breaking encryption on Pensacola attacker's iPhone
Washington (CNN) - The Saudi military trainee who killed three US sailors and wounded several others in a terror attack last year on a military base in Pensacola, Florida, was in touch with a suspected al Qaeda operative, according to multiple US officials briefed on the matter.
US investigators uncovered the al Qaeda connection after the FBI broke through the encryption protecting the
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Aug 16 2021
News
U.S. consumer sentiment nosedives as Delta variant spikes
Consumer sentiment plummeted in early August, according to a widely followed survey.
Why it matters: Deteriorating sentiment signals trouble for the economy if it means consumers pull back spending.
Before the August reading, sentiment had generally been improving for much of this year, as the U.S. economy was on a tear going into July. Then COVID infections spiked as the Delta
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Mar 31 2021
Opinion
Joe Biden's $2 Trillion 'Infrastructure' Plan Doubles Down on Everything That Makes American Infrastructure Insanely Expensive
President Joe Biden officially unveiled his $2 trillion American Jobs Plan during a speech today in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He promised to devote big dollar amounts to the even bigger goal of rebuilding America's infrastructure, broadly defined.
"It's not a plan that tinkers around the edges. It's a once-in-a-generation investment in America, unlike anything we've seen or done since
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Jun 04 2020
News
Trump fires back at 'overrated' James Mattis: 'Glad he is gone!'
President Trump responded to criticism from former Defense Secretary James Mattis by calling him an “overrated” military leader whom he relished firing.
“Probably the only thing Barack Obama and I have in common is that we both had the honor of firing Jim Mattis, the world’s most overrated General,” Mr. Trump tweeted. “I asked for his letter of resignation, & felt great about.”
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Jan 28 2021
News
Christianity on display at Capitol riot sparks new debate
The Christian imagery and rhetoric on view during this month’s Capitol insurrection are sparking renewed debate about the societal effects of melding Christian faith with an exclusionary breed of nationalism.
The rioters who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, leading to federal charges against more than 130 people so far, included several people carrying signs with Christian messages, and
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Mar 09 2020
Opinion
A Campaign Finance Solution Has Been Sitting on McConnell’s Desk for a Year
The 2020 election is shaping up to be the most expensive in American history. Ten years after Citizens United, our elections are awash with the money of mega-donors and corporations that drown out the voices of everyday Americans — with serious consequences for racial and economic justice.
An antidote is sitting on Mitch McConnell’s desk, having passed the House a year ago and still not
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